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Christchurch International airport at Christchurch (New Zealand)
Christchurch International airport is located near Christchurch, with Harewood at 1mi↑, Fendalton at 4mi↑, Riccarton at 4mi↑, Mairehau at 5mi↑, Christchurch at 6mi↑, Marshland at 6mi↑, Halswell at 7mi↑, Burwood at 8mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in New Zealand and Southernmost airports in New Zealand
→ See also airports in New Zealand
aerial view of Christchurch International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : NZCH
- IATA code : CHC
- Local code : -
Elevation : 37 m = 121ft
→ See also Highest airports in New Zealand and Lowest airports in New Zealand
Runways
- runway 02/20 : 3288m = 10787ft
- runway 11/29 : 1703m = 5587ft
- runway 01/19 : 515m = 1690ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in New Zealand
Coming to Christchurch International airport
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Aviation weather for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
NZCH 240330Z AUTO 06014KT 9999 OVC011/// 18/15 Q1001
Decoded METAR for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
METAR issued by NZCH on Monday, December 23, 2024 at 03:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 days and 61 hours and -2833 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 15°C = 59°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 83%.
QNH is 1001hPa = 29.56inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 60°.
Clouds : overcast at 1100ft = 340m.
TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
NZCH 240337Z 2403/2506 07015KT 9999 BKN011 TEMPO 2403/2406 SCT015 BECMG 2408/2410 06005KT BECMG 2410/2412 BKN004 PROB30 2412/2418 0500 FG BECMG 2417/2419 BKN008 BECMG 2420/2422 CAVOK BECMG 2423/2501 06015KT
Decoded TAF for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
TAF issued by NZCH on Monday, December 23, 2024 at 03:37 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 2 days and 13 hours and 40 minutes. weather forecast for 27 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, December 23, 2024 à 03:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 08:00 heure UTC
2403/2506 07015KT 9999 BKN011
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 1100ft = 340m
temporarily from Monday, December 23, 2024 à 03:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 06:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2403/2406 SCT015
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m
becoming from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 10:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 10:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2408/2410 06005KT
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 60°
becoming from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 17:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2410/2412 BKN004
broken at 400ft = 120m
probability of 30% to have from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 2412/2418 0500 FG
Visibility is 1km = 0mi.
fog
becoming from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 20:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2417/2419 BKN008
broken at 800ft = 240m
becoming from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 22:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 23:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2420/2422 CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 à 01:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 25, 2024 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2423/2501 06015KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 60°
VAC for Christchurch International airport NZCH CHC
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Christchurch International airport
Around Christchurch International airport at Christchurch (New Zealand)
near
- Hotels in Harewood
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- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 9036mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 9116mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 11566mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 11569mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 11576mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 11592mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 11628mi↑
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- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 11650mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 11654mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 11654mi↑
- for Christchurch International airport at 0mi↑
- for Garden City airport at 1mi↑
- for Wigram airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Christchurch International airport at Christchurch (New Zealand)
- Garden City heliport (NZGI ) at 1mi↑NOTAM
- Wigram airport (NZWG ) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Christchurch Hospital heliport (NZJC ) at 6mi↑NOTAM
- West Melton Aerodrome airport (NZWL ) at 7mi↑NOTAM
- Burwood Hospital heliport (NZBW ) at 8mi↑NOTAM
- Kings (Ladbrooks) airport ( NZ-0012) at 10mi↑
- Worthy Lodge airstrip (Ladbrooks) airport ( NZ-0011) at 10mi↑
- Forest Field Aerodrome airport (NZFF ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Taitapu Ag strip airport ( NZ-0015) at 13mi↑
- Rangiora airport (NZRT ) at 14mi↑NOTAM
- Dunsandel airport ( NZ-0007) at 23mi↑
- Arkwrights Airstrip/Dunsandel (Private) airport ( NZ-0006) at 25mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in New Zealand
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap